In the game, participants pick the winners of all main draw matches (and sometimes some qualifying draw matches) and are placed in a knock-out system. That means each participant plays a different participant and whoever predicted the winner of most matches correctly, moves on to the next round. The same applies for doubles, but you're in a team format and your scores are combined.

Note:

- In case of a tie, a tie-breaker will decide who moves on to the next round.

- In case a player (i.e. the actual ATP Player) retires in a match, this match will be counted as long as one point has been played. If players are replaced by a lucky loser after the start of Tennis Tipping, these matches will be cancelled.

How to Sign-Up:

Just post here that you would like to play. You can only play one tournament per week. Entries will be based on ranking. Everyone can commit.

Please read this post for more information
http://www.menstennisforums.com/show...14&postcount=1

How to send in picks:

Picks can be sent in as soon as the draws are ready. Remember, you pick a winner in every match! Picks should be sent by PM, so that your opponent does not know your picks. Picks should be titled: TT: Gstaad ***DAY. Picks can be sent in anytime until the beginning of play each day, or in special cases until the deadline set by the manager in order to benefit the majority. If you're still in both singles & doubles, you use the same tips for both. For doubles, you still tip the ATP singles matches, not the doubles! No changes can be made after the play has started.

PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE

If the board goes down as has happened before, send your picks to jimdixon99@aol.com

Match with nothing after it's name - Just pick the winner
Match with SR after it's name - Pick the winner and the sets (Ex: Nadal 2-1)
Match with PTS after its name - Pick the whole score (Ex: Djokovic 6:7 7:6 6:1)

try your hand at the tournament) I understand that already have qualified to play ... I hope that it will go well ...

KittyTennis

07-21-2011, 02:32 AM

Anyone for doubles?
Just confirm

Cazorla

07-21-2011, 10:37 AM

Anyone for doubles?
Just confirm

i am?:)

Goldenoldie

07-21-2011, 06:10 PM

Anyone for doubles?
Just confirm

i am?:)

If this is meant to be a confirmation please do not use a ?

Cazorla

07-21-2011, 07:33 PM

Goldenoldie
changed its application)
I will play in singles

Goldenoldie

07-22-2011, 06:43 PM

Final deadline has passed.

No applications for SE have been received, so Lisandro and scoobs move to Main Draw and yutco and Machado move to Qualifying Draw.

Cazorla

07-22-2011, 06:52 PM

out

Goldenoldie

07-22-2011, 06:54 PM

Special notice for all players

A year ago this was the first tournament I managed at ATP level, and I received some criticism because I set early deadlines. I did this in order to post differences before leaving home, as I rarely have internet access during the day.

Most players in this entry list have played with me before, so know what to expect, but to avoid any doubt here are the deadlines for the whole tournament. All times are CEST.
Saturday qualy 11.00 a.m.
Sunday qualy 12.30 p.m.
Monday 10.00 a.m.
Tuesday 11.00 a.m.
Wednesday 10.00 a.m.
Thursday 11.30 a.m.
Friday 10.00 a.m.
Saturday 12.00 noon
Sunday 12.30 p.m.

Of course if start of play is earlier than these times, then the deadline is start of play.

I will try to post the OOPs as early as I can to allow the maximum tipping time.

Thank you.

Cazorla

07-22-2011, 08:08 PM

You can't receive a SE because the final deadline has passed. You should have played where you had committed first: in Gstaad.
ок

lost his battle to clean ... I think it's all because of the finals in Obratello that I have to ... all thought of it ... really want to win, very ... good luck to all in this tournament! Good luck and victory!

Eddy DoubleD

07-23-2011, 05:27 PM

Win in both singles and doubles for me and my partner. Let's keep on rolling for the final round.:rocker2:

Sorry for the late OOP - today has been a busy day for me. As there are only 4 matches scheduled for tomorrow the first round singles will be a 2 day round as well as the doubles. The actual number of Tuesday matches which will count towards singles round one will be decided later.

First 2 matches count for day 2/2 first round singles
Remaining 5 matches count for day 1/1 second round singles
All 7 matches count for day 2/2 first round doubles

Monday matches are renumbered SR3 to SR6 for singles and SR8 to SR11 for doubles.

Please send picks for ALL 7 matches in one PM to goldenoldie before start of play 10.30 a.m. CEST

Goldenoldie

07-25-2011, 04:42 PM

Because of the split OOP I will be juggling spreadsheets tomorrow, so I would be grateful for picks as early as possible. Thanks.

Harry_Callahan

07-25-2011, 04:57 PM

Andreev d. Zverev 63 62

Zverev has lost 11 out of last 12 matches. He's 0-15 in 2011 against top100 players. 74% of his ranking points are still to be defended in 2011.

FiBeR

07-25-2011, 05:49 PM

i wonder who would win between golubev and zverev with the current form? :scratch:

Harry_Callahan

07-25-2011, 06:51 PM

Luczak d. Sadecky 36 63 76 (4)

Sadecky was playing only his seventh clay match at Ch or ATP level since Gstaad 2010. He is 2-5 in that period (beating only two players outside top-300).
In Gstaad he is 1-2 when playing as Wc and 1-3 in qualies

Jim, or maru_angi, could you post the picks of maru_angi as we have no diffs and i'm playing her.

mine are not very spectacular;

NIEMINEN 64 62
GIL 76 63
ROSOL 63 62
GRANOLLERS 64 63
LOPEZ 64 63

<Eve>

07-26-2011, 11:18 AM

Damn you Darcis, you had plenty of chances.
:awww:

Harry_Callahan

07-26-2011, 11:51 AM

Gimeno d. Darcis 64 57 75
Darcis will fall out of top100 again. It was his third ATP main draw of the year and the second time he's out in first round.

Giraldo d. García-López 57 62 61
García López was this week #37, but has a losing record in 2011 in all surfaces: Clay (8-10), Grass (1-2) and Hard (7-8)

Eddy DoubleD

07-26-2011, 12:09 PM

Second round and loss there:haha: How lucky! :D

scoobs

07-26-2011, 12:11 PM

Through in doubles at least :)

Eddy DoubleD

07-26-2011, 12:13 PM

Through in doubles at least :)

Congrats:yeah:

ibreak4coffee

07-26-2011, 12:28 PM

Another SR loss... typical:rolleyes:

Harry_Callahan

07-26-2011, 12:29 PM

Nieminen d. Hanescu 75 62

Before today, Hanescu had won at least one match in every clay tournament he had played since Montecarlo.
Since winning in Gstaad in 2008, Hanescu has a 1-3 record in this tournament.

<Eve>

07-26-2011, 12:38 PM

yes through in doubles :D

good nieminen pulled out a 6-2 :dance: that gives a person some hope for the singles PTS :p

Harry_Callahan

07-26-2011, 01:20 PM

Granollers d. Bohli 61 60

It's the second bagel for Granollers in the season (the other one against another swiss player, Wawrinka)

With Bohli out, the three swiss players that have been on court have already lost.

At 28, Bohli has only played 6 clay matches at ATP level in his career, with a 1-5 record. His only victory came in three sets against a 20yo WC ranked #588 in Gstaad three years ago.

Harry_Callahan

07-26-2011, 02:53 PM

Gil d. Souza 46 63 64

This was Souza first succesful attempt to pass qualies at AP level this season (after four consecutives qualies losing).

Harry_Callahan

07-26-2011, 02:58 PM

I think it's going to be tough that the award to the luckiest player of the day go to anyone else than me today.

I missed the two picks in the R1, buy my opponent didn't send.
Of my possible two opponents in R2, passed the one who would lose against me.
I win R2 in SR1 shootout in a match where Souza won more points than Gil but lost
In doubles, the other team dind't send.

Anyone tops this? Maybe .EvE.?

<Eve>

07-26-2011, 03:28 PM

me? what did i do? :scratch: :lol:

R1 I won by 'daring' to pick twice a 2-1 and chose the correct matches.
now in R2 if Milton had proceeded I wouldve been sure of a win. but now with maru_angi i have no clue whats going on as the pts arent known ;)

So I hope you have more info on how i might be the luckiest?! :D

Harry_Callahan

07-26-2011, 03:39 PM

me? what did i do? :scratch: :lol:

R1 I won by 'daring' to pick twice a 2-1 and chose the correct matches.
now in R2 if Milton had proceeded I wouldve been sure of a win. but now with maru_angi i have no clue whats going on as the pts arent known ;)

So I hope you have more info on how i might be the luckiest?! :D

Sorry :devil: I don't have any other info... But your match will be decided by PTS, so I guess either you or maru_angi should be at least the second in the luckiest award :p

<Eve>

07-26-2011, 03:42 PM

well i'd say i'm rather unlucky as milton didnt proceed - of whom i'd have won for sure :o

Before today, Andujar was 11-4 when playing underranked players in MD clay tournaments this year.
Bachinger is 3-0 vs spanish players in 2011. He had only won one match of the last seven against overranked players.

Youzhny d. Istomin 63 62

Istomin has lost the last 15 times he has played against a seeded player. He is 1-13 this year after losing the first set

Taz Warrior

07-27-2011, 11:43 AM

Enjoying the commentary Harry_Callahan :yeah:

Harry_Callahan

07-27-2011, 11:59 AM

Enjoying the commentary Harry_Callahan :yeah:

Thanks :p Having some spare time at office this week. Looks like a third of the workers will be fired, so tennis is a good different thing to think about :(

Goldenoldie

07-27-2011, 09:13 PM

I did send picks for Giraldo-Haider-Maurer....

Yes you did - it was geangr who did not!

Goldenoldie

07-27-2011, 09:14 PM

Enjoying the commentary Harry_Callahan :yeah:

Me too! I'd love to know where you are getting all this interesting information!

Goldenoldie

07-27-2011, 09:17 PM

There were only 2 matches completed today, so I will not bother with updates. Everyone should be able to work out where they stand, but feel free to PM me if you have any doubts. Thursday OOP coming now.

Benneteau d. Bachinger 64 64
At 24, Bachinger hasn't been able yet to reach a second round at ATP level. He's 0-10 at ATP tournaments when losing first set.

Granollers d. Andreev 61 63
Andreev is the second worst ATP player of season when losing first set (0-15).... Granollers is the worst (0-16)...

If I'm not wrong, Kirilenko-fan, Fernet and me are out in singles

scoobs

07-28-2011, 11:53 AM

Haider-Maurer d. Giraldo 36 62 64. Nice tantrum from Santi after the match point with a good racquet smash - he felt the serve was out on the 30-30 point and got into a whinefest with the umpire.

Haider-Maurer already left the court. Now Giraldo is still stood there looking at the ballmark and arguing with the umpire :lol:

Harry_Callahan

07-28-2011, 12:32 PM

Poor Santi... In his last six losses he has wasted more break points than his opponent (combined 37-27)

Btw, with this win Haider-Maurer should top his best ranking ever (climbing to 67 or so). In the last ranking of July 2010, he was 273

Harry_Callahan

07-28-2011, 07:13 PM

Nice Haider-Maurer pick Guille&tati4life :worship::worship::worship:

López d. Gimeno-Traver 63 64Gimeno-Traver is 1-6 against Spanish players in main draw ATP matches in 2011. His only win was last week to Granollers (63 ret.)
After the two matches he's played in Gstaad, Feliciano is the player with more aces of the season 527, followed by Raonic (509).

Verdasco d. Gil 63 62
Out of Gil's seven ATP tournaments after Montecarlo, in five of them he has lost his first match. Both times he passed first round has lost against Verdasco in second.

Goldenoldie

07-28-2011, 09:15 PM

It's a pity that Almagro vs Nieminen did not finish. More complications for the manager! OOP coming now.

Send picks to goldenoldie before 10.00 a.m. CEST
Make sure you send picks for both versions of the SR1 match.
If your quarter-final result depends on the unfinished match between Almagro and Nieminen send anyway.

btw... who do you think deserves the luckiest player of the week award.... One of the semifinalists is there after winning two matches in SR, one in shootout SR9 and another one by points.... :rolleyes::p

<Eve>

07-29-2011, 02:56 PM

:D ahum.. I somehow feel you would choose me?! :o :angel: :D
well that was only deserved after so many shitty losses R1 ;) :p

and now i'm in the final, is that more deserved? by picking haider-maurer to take a set :rocker2:

enjoy kitzbuhel together, give Guille a drink to forget about today's loss ;) - and see you there :yeah:

Match counts for day 2/2 TT final in singles and doubles.
There is an unusually early start of play for a Sunday final, 11.00 a.m. CEST. I will not be around then, so please send picks by 10.00 a.m. so I can post differences. Thank you

Thanks to everyone for sending early. Let's hope it's a match worthy of the final! :)

<Eve>

07-31-2011, 10:05 AM

well well... so far Granollers doesnt let us down :unsure: :rocker2:

scoobs

07-31-2011, 11:41 AM

We won!!!!!!!!

We won!!!!!!!!!

We won!!!!!!!!!!

:rocker2:

Congratulations to

US!!!!

(And well done Eva on the singles too)

<Eve>

07-31-2011, 11:42 AM

Granollers def Verdasco :o 64 36 63

Thnks for the matches Joe87, kingroger&kirilenkofan, sorry to win by having to pick the underdog....

Thanks for the good week partner :yeah: :dance: :aparty: :rocker2: :woohoo: congrats to us!!!
And thanks for the managment Jim, that was perfect as usual :D

Goldenoldie

07-31-2011, 12:48 PM

Congratulations to .EvE. and scoobs - I wonder who you would have picked if you had been level? :eek:

Hard luck on joe87 and kingroger/Kirilenko fan, always hard to lead overnight and then lose.

Thanks to all players for an enjoyable tournament. On to Kitzbuhel!

Goldenoldie

07-31-2011, 12:57 PM

Final result singles

01:01 | .EvE. (NED) vs. (LL) joe87 (AUT) #SRs: 1-0

scoobs

07-31-2011, 01:24 PM

Bad luck kingroger/Kirilenko but congrats on the final - I think we got a bit lucky.

Thanks for the management Goldenoldie ;)

joe87

07-31-2011, 02:04 PM

Congrats Eve :yeah:

A final is still a great result for me in my fourth or fifth tournament on the ATP-tour. :D

Thanks Goldenoldie for nice managing, as always :yeah:

<Eve>

07-31-2011, 02:07 PM

Congratulations to .EvE. and scoobs - I wonder who you would have picked if you had been level? :eek:

Hard luck on joe87 and kingroger/Kirilenko fan, always hard to lead overnight and then lose.

Thanks to all players for an enjoyable tournament. On to Kitzbuhel!

Hard to say in hindsight :shrug: With a lead I might've tried to block the opponent, as you know they have to go for the underdog that has a proper chance as verdasco isnt really known for his stable performances and abilities to win tourneys.. or maybe i wouldnt have.. With equal after yesterday, I think wouldve gone for Verdasco 21, but again hard to say in hindsight.

for sure I (we) got lucky here. But that is what TT is all about anyway, so often i fly out R1 because of luck being on the other's side.. ;)